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Mastering the Art of Listening: A Blogger’s Guide to Success

ProBlogger

The people we tend to be drawn to in real life are people who pause in conversation to let you have a say, people who ask questions about you, people who have a genuine interest in what you’ve got to say. I have a folder in my feed reader for each of my main topics which contains a number of key blogs and news sites in that niche.

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Are Blog Comments Dead? | Justin Levy

Justin Levy

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. RSS and email subscriptions, site traffic and social sharing may all be continuing to increase. If you stop by and comment on a blog, you may extend that conversation and/or let that blogger know that you appreciate their work.

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The Yellow Pages Equal Spam

Justin Levy

If youre new here or just an old friend, Id love it if you subscribed via RSS feed. I’m curious to hear your thoughts… If you enjoyed this post, please consider leaving a comment or subscribing to the feed to receive future articles delivered to your feed reader. Keep up the great work!

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October Trends + The 10 Horrors of Blogging

ProBlogger

Once you’ve hit “publish,” your post takes on a life of its own, appearing in aggregators, RSS feeds, and on social media. Save Yourself: Broken RSS feeds, difficult-to-find email subscription boxes, a lack of contact options, or an overly complex layout can send readers fleeing. Could you simplify your layout?

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The Bamboo Project Blog

Buzz Marketing for Technology

OK as far as it goes, but so NOT getting to the real opportunities.Blogs are a conversation between the blogger and him/herself (a form of reflection) and between the blogger and his/her readers. Liveblogging forced me to listen more carefully to the presenters and the conversations that took place. Week 3-- Blogs.

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5,867 Words on Becoming a Conversion Machine: A Guide for Bloggers

Viper Chill

Blogs take a long time to build, since they’re very much relationship focused, and just relying on RSS – like most bloggers do – sets you on a horrible path when it comes to converting readers into buyers. If you have the time, then definitely be creative. Show Related Articles.

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Bloggers: This Is How Long Your Posts Should Be

Viper Chill

One has posts that are thousands of words, the other barely a few hundred (For what it’s worth, I consider Godin’s blog one of the few must-haves in my RSS feed) I think it comes back to something very simple: the post length should be dictated by the material. says: February 19, 2010 at 8:02 am [.]

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